Josefa

Josefa is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

Josefa is the feminine form of the male given name Josef ( Hebrew ) and means: God adds / may increase

name day

• 19th March

variants

• Josepha
• Maria Josepha
• Sefa (German, short form)
• Giuseppina ( Italian )
• Pina (Italian, short form)

See also: Josephine

Well-known namesake

• Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969), German writer and painter
• Josefa Frandl (* 1930), former Austrian ski racer
• Josefa Idem (* 1964), Italian and former German canoeist
• Josefa Lux (* 1958), German politician (SPD)
• Josefa Mack (1924–2006), religious sister of the Congregation of the Poor School Sisters of Our Lady
• Josefa Menéndez , (1890–1923), mystic and religious sister
• Josefa de Óbidos (1630–1684), important Portuguese Baroque painter
• Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez (1773–1829), Mexican national heroine
• Josepha Auernhammer (1758–1820), Austrian pianist and composer
• Josepha Hofer (1758 / 61–1819 in Vienna), German soprano
• Josepha von Siebold (1771–1849), first woman in Germany to receive an honorary doctorate in “the art of childbirth” (obstetrics)
• Marie Antoinette , actually Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna Archduchess of Austria, (1755–1793), Queen of France

Others

• Josefa (asteroid)